Native American Ancestry - Indian Heritage & Genealogy - American Indian Research

Native American Ancestry - Indian Heritage & Genealogy - American Indian Research: "Native American research & Indian genealogy is unique when compared to other types of genealogical research. Most of the records available for researching Native American ancestry or Indian ancestry and genealogy are derived from records of the U.S. Government. The early Indian rolls and Native American censuses, applications and enrollment cards, annuity and allotment records, etc., resulted from Indian claims against the United States. In order to obtain benefits awarded by the U.S. Court of Claims, Indians and Native Americans were required to prove their Native American ancestry and quantum blood requirements (i.e. percentage or degree of Indian and Native American blood required) pertaining to a particular tribe such as Cherokee, Crow, Creek, Seminole, Chickasaw, etc. Once their Native American ancestry was proved, these Native American Indians were entitled to land allotments or annuities awarded by the U.S. Court of Claims. "

The Illinois and Indiana Indians

Exercises at the bi-centennial commemoration of the burning of Medfield by Indians in King Philip's War

Memories of the Indians and pioneers of the region of Lowell

Address delivered at the 230th celebration of the purchase of Mamaroneck, N.Y. from the Indians

The national decline of the Miami Indians

The missionary activities of Bishop Baraga among the Chippewa and Ottawa Indians

Burning of Royalton, Vermont by Indians

Some account of the lives and dying speeches of a considerable number of the Christianized Indians of Martha's Vineyard.

French and Indians of Illinois River

The removal of the Cherokee Indians from Georgia